Bug#695863: base-files: enable Multi-Arch for binary package base-files

2012-12-14 Thread Santiago Vila
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012, Helmut Grohne wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 06:50:00PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: As we don't support upgrades which skip releases (i.e. Debian 4.0 to Debian 6.0, or Debian 5.0 to Debian 7.0), why don't we remove all those obsolete dependencies on essential packages

Bug#695863: base-files: enable Multi-Arch for binary package base-files

2012-12-13 Thread Helmut Grohne
Package: base-files Version: 7.0 Severity: normal User: multiarch-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: multiarch The base-files package is depended upon by a number of other tools such as rsync. Those dependencies are mostly versioned, because base-files is essential. Nevertheless they

Bug#695863: base-files: enable Multi-Arch for binary package base-files

2012-12-13 Thread Santiago Vila
El 13/12/12 18:12, Helmut Grohne escribió: Package: base-files Version: 7.0 Severity: normal User: multiarch-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: multiarch The base-files package is depended upon by a number of other tools such as rsync. Those dependencies are mostly versioned, because

Bug#695863: base-files: enable Multi-Arch for binary package base-files

2012-12-13 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 06:50:00PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: As we don't support upgrades which skip releases (i.e. Debian 4.0 to Debian 6.0, or Debian 5.0 to Debian 7.0), why don't we remove all those obsolete dependencies on essential packages instead? That makes sense! I investigated the